Tuesday 12 July 2005 - Silverdale

 Here's the result of indexing a few old pictures:

On return from Geneva (see here), Sue and a colleague, Richard, on a month's visit from Perth, Australia, and I enjoyed one of Sue's excellent veggie lasagnes before heading up to Leighton Moss for a 7:30 start on a lovely warm summer's evening.

We went down to the public hide and saw mainly Coots, Mallards, and Black-headed Gulls. A Coot with very small young, looking after them on her own. All very relaxed.

Then, a diversion whilst we wandered around a disused quarry, before getting onto the correct path to Hawes Water.

This was Trowbarrow Quarry, which has some interesting climbing routes. I've posted the next picture before, here, by way of a report on a blunder. Note the comments.

Whilst we had passed through an area of serious mosquito infestation, beside Hawes Water bikini clad women were enjoying an insect free barbecue! 

We continued on, the sunset being nice but not spectacular given the clear sky (I failed to take a photo due to problems with my new Canon Powershot S70 camera - the shutter intermittently fails to open).

 Then through fields of buttercups to reach the church at Silverdale.

We adjourned to the Silverdale Hotel for drinks outside, near a large party of people. Still very warm here - 9:45 to 10:15.

After that a stroll back to the car in the dark along the road, and home around midnight after dropping Richard off at his rooms at the hospital.

Here's the 10km route.

A lovely evening, if not the best route in the area.